From Clara Molot's 2-5-26 VANITY FAIR article entitled "The New Epstein Files Are Reopening the Pizzagate Box":
Christopher Poole—better known by the handle “moot”—founded 4chan in 2003, creating what would become one of the internet’s most influential and socially corrosive forums. Its current events board, /new/, eventually emerged as a breeding ground for far-right conspiracies, meme warfare, and radicalization. The board became so volatile that Poole ultimately took it down in January of 2011.
According to the newly released documents, Epstein met with Poole in late October of 2011.
“There is a cool guy (KID) that you should meet,” Boris Nikolic—a doctor, biotech investor, and former adviser to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—writes in an email to Epstein on October 20. In other messages, Nikolic describes Poole as “one of the greatest hackers” but also “very sensitive.”
“I liked mmot [sic] alot,” Epstein writes to Nikolic on October 24 after his and Poole’s introduction. “I drove him home, he is very bright.”
October 2011 is also when the /new/ replacement board, /pol/, was launched.
The timing may well be a coincidence. There is no evidence that Epstein influenced /pol/’s birth or 4chan’s moderation decisions, or that Poole, who stepped down as the administrator of 4chan at the beginning of 2015, had any direct involvement with Pizzagate the following year. One email does show that Poole hoped to meet Epstein again in 2012, but beyond that, the trail goes cold...
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